35:7From his ownroyalflocksand herds, Josiahsuppliedthe peoplewith 30,000lambsand goatsfor the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000cattle.835:8His officialsalso willingly contributedto the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leadersof God’stemple, supplied2,600Passover sacrificesand 300cattle.35:9Konaniahand his brothersShemaiahand Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officialsof the Levites, suppliedthe Leviteswith 5,000 Passover sacrificesand 500cattle.35:10Preparationswere made,9and the priestsstoodat their posts and the Levitesin their divisionsas prescribedby the king.35:11They slaughteredthe Passover lambsand the priestssplashedthe blood,10 while the Levitesskinnedthe animals.35:12They reservedthe burnt offeringsand the cattlefor the familydivisionsof the peopleto presentto the Lord, as prescribedin the scrollof Moses.1135:13They cookedthe Passover sacrificesover the open fireas prescribedand cookedthe consecratedofferings in pots, kettles, and pans. They quicklyserved them to allthe people.35:14Afterwardthey made preparationsfor themselvesand for the priests, becausethe priests, the descendantsof Aaron, were offeringburnt sacrificesand fatportions untilevening. The Levitesmade preparationsfor themselvesand for the priests, the descendantsof Aaron.35:15The musicians, the descendantsof Asaph, mannedtheir posts, as prescribed byDavid, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthunthe king’sprophet.12The guardsat the variousgatesdid notneed to leavetheir posts, fortheir fellowLevitesmade preparationsfor them.35:16So allthe preparationsfor the Lord’sservicewere made that day, as the Passoverwas observedand the burnt sacrificeswere offeredonthe altarof the Lord, as prescribedby KingJosiah.35:17Sothe Israeliteswho were presentobserved the Passoverat that time, as well as the Feastof UnleavenedBread for sevendays.35:18A Passoverlikethis hadnotbeenobservedin Israelsince the daysof Samuelthe prophet. Noneof the kingsof Israelhad observeda Passoverlike the one celebratedby Josiah, the priests, the Levites, allthe people of Judahand Israelwho werethere, and the residentsof Jerusalem.35:19ThisPassoverwas observedin the eighteenthyearof Josiah’sreign.